Canada will face off against the United States in the gold medal game for the sixth time in as many years,
tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. local time/11:30 a.m. ET at Heinola Arena. Live statistics from the game will be
available online at www.HockeyCanada.ca.

In the other semifinal Friday, the U.S. blanked the Czech Republic 10-0 to earn its spot in the gold medal
game. Sweden and the Czech Republic will battle for the bronze medal tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. local time/7:30
a.m. ET, also at Heinola Arena.

In the preliminary round earlier this week, Canada beat Hungary 4-1 on Saturday, Dec. 29, blanked Finland
4-0 on Sunday, Dec. 30 and shut out Germany 7-0 on Tuesday, Jan. 1, finishing first in Group A. The United
States took first place in Group B with three straight wins.

Canada and the United States have met in all five previous gold medal games at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18
Women’s World Championship. Canada won the world championship last year, shutting out the Americans 3-0 in
Zlin, Czech Republic. Canada also won in 2010, defeating its cross-border rival 5-4 in overtime in Chicago,
Ill. The U.S. took gold in 2008, 20.

Captain Capizzano, alternate captains Emily Clark (Saskatoon, Sask./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) and
Halli Krzyzaniak (Neepawa, Man./Pursuit of Excellence, Midget AAA), along with Brykaliuk and Dubois, all
return this year after winning the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Zlin. Jessica Dodds
(London, Ont./London, PWHL), Gilmour and Sarah Nurse (Hamilton, Ont./Stoney Creek, PWHL) are making their
Team Canada debuts at this world championship.

Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team includes two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards.
Seventeen players were members of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team for a three-game series against the
U.S. Women’s Under-18 Team in August in Blaine, Minn., winning two of those games.

*played for Canada in a three-game series against the United States in August.

In preliminary round action at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship, Canada also plays
Finland at 10:30 a.m. ET/5:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, Dec. 30 at Heinola Arena and Germany at 8 a.m. ET/3
p.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at Vierumäki Arena. Quarter-finals are scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 2
and semifinals are set for Friday, Jan. 4, all at Heinola Arena.

NOTE TO MEDIA: Kristen Lipscombe, Hockey Canada’s coordinator of communications, will be
on site in Finland for the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship. Please contact her for any
interview requests leading up to and during the event at (403) 826-4819 or klipscombe@hockeycanada.ca.